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It's not about feasibility of a trade (none of those teams have been able to trade), it's about doing it in a way that doesn't burn more bridges with the player. Red Sox publicly posturing has been that they are not trading Betts, not openly engaging in it like the Rox. I'd say cubs are not openly engaging in the bryant stuff either, but they have not been shooting it down.

Teams that handled potential trades of stars well: Red Sox Teams that handled potential trades of stars poorly: Rockies Cubs

I think we should exhume old comiskey and get to the bottom of this.

the game is very fast. Great announcing too. I've watched that youtube 2-3 times for odd points. The crowd shots are soo good.

lol teams needed to steal signs to hit steve trouts 45 mph fastballs

Hi, you are on a baseball message board.

Hasn’t even thought of that. That is really bizarre

Probably a factor, but others have similar pressure (luhnow to get accepted into a position again, hinch as manager, cora etc.)

Kudos to Beltran for an actual apology.

Aren't we all murderers, when you think about it?

there should be a rule that if you land at #7 four years in a row your front office has to be fired.

we never learn from much worse examples like the boston bomber crap.

having hilarious dreams of mlb regulating the crap out of technology and throwing out trackman and advanced tech, devastating all organizations... ...except the white sox who own the next decade because they never got started.

I agree. I hate when this happens too because it tends to help the astros. More and more unbelievable stories come out, you find out they aren't true, and it makes it "not so bad" when all they did was bang a trash can. If Passan/Rosenthal/mlb start looking into the accusations, i'll believe it.

BA our with a top 50. Not a mock draft but here it had Detmers at 11: 1. Reid Detmers, LHP, Louisville Areas To Improve: Changeup improvement Detmers is one of the most polished arms in the class, with solid stuff and good control of his entire repertoire, but at the next level it will be even more important for Detmers to have a solid offering to attack righthanded hitters. His breaking ball is perhaps the best in the ACC, but as he faces more advanced hitters who are better equipped to handle that break, going to a solid third pitch to keep batters off-balance could be the difference-maker.

@Dick Allen I forgot to ask, did this punishment match with the info the mlbburneraccount guy said a few weeks ago?

4. But also did you read the article? It’s logic was juvenile. The same could be said for any comic book movie.

And even he'll still hit like .950 in charlotte.

Typically just a sign of bad management.

Man, it would have been so killer if that robertson for luzardo and that crappy 3b trade happened.

It wouldn't get you much. I'd obviously trade for townes though for that package. Realistically you get other expensive guys. Like you could get harrison barnes and a 1st rounder from the kings. Not a good time to trade lauri.

this is one of the dumbest articles I have ever read. Why did you post it?

I'll take ventura over ricky in-game.

I wouldn't say no one knows, there was just a massive investigation asking all the astros about it. That report seemed to take every effort to attempt to minimize the instigators of it. Had there been a story of players pushing to end it I'm sure it would have made it in, as Hinch's breaking the monitor did. If Hinch had heard from players to end it and did not, it would absolutely have ended up in there. The odds that he did something and it didn't come out are slim, but all the more reason to ask about his experience. The report also takes pains to detail that the players knew it was wrong. Did Keuchel think it was wrong? Worth asking.

Kepler is a pretty massive upgrade over Mazara.